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In this Update: Celebrating V-J Day at the Eldred WWII Museum Visit to Eldred World War II Museum Visiting LEEK Veterans Hunting & Mountain Preserve Honoring the Devoted Quilters in Shinglehouse Public hearing on “Tropical Storm Debby – One Year Later Honoring the Life of Razia Bashir My Summer Interns Eliminating Waste and Fraud in […] [Read More]
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In this Update: Event: Victory over Japan Day 80th Anniversary Public Hearing on the Susquehanna Defense Logistics Agency Celebrating Ray Kauffman’s 90th Birthday Celebrating Earl Nitterhouse’s 101st Birthday Tour of Shalom Christian Academy Building Project The Day of the Bible SB600, Smart Meter Opt-Out Book Donations Needed Improving Health Care New Law Streamlines Fishing Licenses […] [Read More]
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Victory Over Japan Day – September 2, 2025 marked 80 years since World War II ended.
“The most devastating war in a generation had carried the weight of freedom and returned home scarred but victorious. That victory came at a great cost as 400,000 never came home”....
Louis Zamperini - Eventually captured by the Japanese, Zamperini was held as a POW for more than two years.
He endured starvation, beatings, forced labor, and psychological torment. One especially brutal guard, nicknamed “The Bird”, singled Zamperini out for relentless abuse.
Despite unimaginable suffering, he refused to break—his endurance became legendary!
Patrick Henry - "The Bible is worth all the other books that have ever been printed"
- As recalled by Henry’s friend George Dabney and recorded in The Life, Correspondence and Speeches of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (1817), making it a secondhand but contemporaneous account.
September 8, 1883 - The Northern Pacific Railroad across the U.S. was completed.
John Hancock – “Let us humbly commit our righteous cause to the great Lord of the Universe… and entreat Him to direct us to such measures as He Himself shall approve.”
— Rooted in the biblical principle of seeking God’s will.
September 7, 1994 - The U.S. Army closed its headquarters in Berlin, ending the American military presence in the once-divided city after nearly half a century.
A heartfelt thank you to the Devoted Quilters!
This incredible group creates and donates beautiful handmade quilts to our service members and veterans. Each quilt is a labor of love, stitched with care and gratitude, and given as a reminder of the appreciation and respect we hold for those who have served.
Their work is more than fabric and thread—it’s a symbol of honor, comfort, and community.
#SupportOurVeterans #DevotedQuilters #CommunityCare
Alexander Hamilton - "The morality of Christianity is the best in the world. The Bible is the most perfect system ever devised. It should be read and practiced in every family in the land."
— Attributed to Hamilton in his conversations recorded by Rev. John M. Mason, 1802; cited in The Works of Alexander Hamilton (Henry Cabot Lodge, ed., Vol. 9, p. 483).
September 6 - Birthday - Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) was born in Chavaniac, France (as Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier). He came to America in 1777 to volunteer in the American Revolution, beginning a long friendship with George Washington. He later persuaded Louis XVI of France to send a 6,000-man force to assist the Americans. Lafayette was given command of an army in Virginia and was instrumental in forcing Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown, leading to the American victory.
